11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
11:2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
11:3 Give us each day our daily bread.
11:4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
11:5 Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
11:6 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.’
11:7 “Then the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’
11:8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
11:9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
11:10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
11:11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
11:13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
11:14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.
11:15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebub, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”
11:16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
11:17 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.
11:18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebub.
11:19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
11:20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
11:21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.
11:22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils.
11:23 “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.
11:24 “When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
11:25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
11:26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first.”
11:27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
11:28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
11:29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
11:30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
11:31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.
11:32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.
11:33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.
11:35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
11:36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”
11:37 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.
11:38 But the Pharisee, noticing that Jesus did not first wash before the meal, was surprised.
11:39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
11:40 You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?
11:41 But give what is inside the dish to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
11:42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
11:43 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
11:44 “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it.”
11:45 One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
11:46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
11:47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them.
11:48 So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
11:49 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’
11:50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
11:51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
11:52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
11:53 When Jesus left there, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions,
11:54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.
11:1 And while He was in a certain place praying, when He ceased, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
11:2 And He said to them, When you pray, say, Father, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come.
11:3 Give us each day our daily bread.
11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us into temptation.
11:5 And He said to them, Who among you will have a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
11:6 Since a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to set before him;
11:7 And that one, from inside, will answer and say, Do not trouble me; the door is already shut and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise up and give you anything?
11:8 I say to you, Even though he will not rise up and give him anything because he is his friend, surely because of his shameless persistence he will rise and give him what he needs.
11:9 And I say to you, Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.
11:11 But what father among you whose son shall ask for a fish will instead of a fish hand him a snake?
11:12 Or if he shall also ask for an egg will hand him a scorpion?
11:13 If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
11:14 And once He was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the crowds marveled.
11:15 But some of them said, By Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, He casts out the demons.
11:16 And others, tempting Him, sought from Him a sign out of heaven.
11:17 But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house divided against a house falls.
11:18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I cast out the demons.
11:19 But if I by Beelzebul cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
11:20 But if I by the finger of God cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
11:21 When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own homestead, his possessions are in peace.
11:22 But when one stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes away his whole armor in which he had trusted and distributes his spoil.
11:23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
11:24 When the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it roams through waterless places, seeking rest, and not finding it, it says, I will return to my house from which I came out.
11:25 And it comes and finds it swept and decorated.
11:26 Then it goes and takes along other spirits more evil than itself, seven of them, and they enter and settle down there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
11:27 And as He said these things, a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice and said to Him, Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.
11:28 But He said, Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it.
11:29 And as the crowds were thronging together, He began to say, This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
11:30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
11:31 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something more than Solomon is here.
11:32 Ninevite men will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something more than Jonah is here.
11:33 No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, in order that those who enter in may see the light.
11:34 The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is dark.
11:35 Watch out therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.
11:36 If therefore your whole body is full of light and does not have any dark part, the whole will be full of light as when the lamp with its rays illuminates you.
11:37 Now as He spoke, a Pharisee asked Him to have the morning meal with him; and He went in and reclined at table.
11:38 But the Pharisee, seeing it, marveled that He had not first washed before the meal.
11:39 But the Lord said to him, Again, you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inside is full of extortion and wickedness.
11:40 Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
11:41 But give the things which are within as alms, and behold, all things are clean to you.
11:42 But woe to you, Pharisees! For you give a tenth of the mint and the rue and every herb, and pass by justice and love for God. But these you should have done and not passed by the others.
11:43 Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the chief seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
11:44 Woe to you! For you are like the unseen tombs, and the men who walk over them do not know it.
11:45 And one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, Teacher, by saying these things, you insult us also.
11:46 And He said, Woe to you lawyers also! For you burden men with burdens hard to bear, yet you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
11:47 Woe to you! For you build up the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
11:48 You are witnesses then and fully approve of the works of your fathers, because they killed them, and you build up their tombs.
11:49 Therefore the wisdom of God also has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,
11:50 In order that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
11:51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
11:52 Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and those who were entering, you hindered.
11:53 And when He went out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to provoke Him to speak concerning many things,
11:54 Lying in wait for Him in order to catch something out of His mouth.